Carney, Poilievre fan out across country in final day before polls open


The jam-packed itinerary suggests the Liberals are playing offence in the dying days of the race. The party has no seats in Saskatchewan or Vancouver Island, and only won a single riding each in Edmonton and Calgary in 2021.   

Liberal Leader Mark Carney was scheduled to travel to six cities in four different provinces in the final day of the 2025 federal campaign, while his main opponent, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, has scheduled a series of rallies in the Greater Toronto Area and Eastern Ontario.

Carney had originally planned to start his day with a meet-and-greet in Hamilton, Ont., but in the wake of the news coming out of Vancouver, that event was cancelled. He’s now expected to give a statement as prime minister before resuming the tour, which was slated to take him to Saskatoon — where his party holds no seats — later this morning.

From there, he heads one province over to Alberta, planning a series of gatherings in Edmonton and Alberta, before finally ending the day in B.C., with stops in Metro Vancouver and Victoria.

The jam-packed itinerary suggests the Liberals are playing offence in the dying days of the race. The party has no seats in Saskatchewan or Vancouver Island, and only won a single riding each in Edmonton and Calgary in 2021.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s schedule involves far less travel but starts with a rally in Oakville before heading off to Pickering, signalling the party is still eying potential pickups in the Greater Toronto Area. From there, it’s off to a location near Peterborough — home to one of only a handful of seats the Conservatives flipped in 2021 – before finishing with a rally in his home riding of Carleton, located in the Ottawa area.

Media reports have suggested the Conservatives are concerned about the seat flipping to the Liberals and have poured in resources to help keep it blue.

Polls will open for 12 hours on Monday, staggered based on time zone. Most voters in Ontario and Quebec that live in the Eastern Time zone can vote from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Those living in B.C. and the Yukon will be able to vote from  7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Pacific Time.

Final public opinion polls are expected to be released sometime Sunday

More to come…



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